Category Archives: Popular Culture

Is Yasiel Puig the Next Jeremy Lin?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Brian McGuigan

Brian McGuigan compares the recent ascension of LA Dodgers slugger and Cuban defector Yasiel Puig with last year’s bout of Linsanity, the rise of Chinese-American point guard Jeremy Lin. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged 42 million dollars, baseball, basketball, Ben and Jerrys, Chinese-American, cuba, Cuban defector, don mattingly, Harvard, Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin, Koby Bryant, Linsanity, Los Angeles Dodgers, The New York Knicks, Yao Ming, Yasiel Puig | 2 Comments

“Mad Men” and the Quality of Glen

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Stephanie St. John

Stephanie St. John on the one guy in the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler Gleason Chaough universe who isn’t a failure as a man: Glen. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Don Draper, Glen Bishop, Mad Med, Miss Porter's, Sally Draper, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler Gleason Chaough, The Quality of Mercy | 2 Comments

Courtesy is Not a Word on the Road

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gabe Durham

Wherein Gabe Durham travels from Phoenix to Singapore to reality TV to Death Row to The Council of Nicea in search of meaning. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Black Keys, Gabe Durham, George Harrison, heroin, Jennifer Granholm, John Stewart, potty training, Red Hag, Yong Vui Kong | 2 Comments

Dear Students of “We Are Not Interested in Your Advice” High

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Sean Beaudoin

Sean Beaudoin is asked to write a letter to a graduating class of high school students and quickly discovers how impossible it is to give anyone advice, least of all an auditorium full of seventeen-year-olds. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged advice, commencement, high school. graduation, the future, what not to do, who not to believe, who not to listen to, young adults | 9 Comments

JT and the Trouble with Wives

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Matthew Norman

Matthew Norman attempts to bring “Sexy Back” back. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Popular Culture | Tagged JT, Justin Timber, marriage, Sexy Back, Suit and Tie, The 20/20 Experience, wives | 1 Comment

Luka Magnotta in the Hall of Mirrors: A Brief History of True Crime

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Lawrence Benner

Wherein Larry Benner delivers a glimpse into madness. And pulp. And legend. And 24 hour murder. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Bugliosi, Dick Schaap, Helter skelter, Jimmy breslin, lizzie borden, Lo Bianco, Luka Magnotta, penny dreadful, tom dooley, True Crime | 5 Comments

The BP Oil Spill of Fashion

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Gabe Durham

In a bravura stream of consciousness, Gabe Durham encapsulates an entire relationship, a good deal of US foreign policy, and the odds of death raining from above in the form of an acronym. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Gabe Durham, Iraq, Mike Mullen, NASA, Shampoo, Toxic sludge, TVA, UARS | 1 Comment